Roger parties does a horrible job of promoting an awesome comic. We recall MathNet, what you watch when you’re young, do standards of violence and sexuality in entertainment go in cycles? All that and more. Is a slow recovery better than boom and bust?
Tech News Today 609: Cloud Pirates
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Google opens up secret data center to prying eyes, Reddit meets free speech, Kindles help teachers, and more.
Guest: Wil Harris
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Running time: 53:16
Tech News Today 608: Li’l iPad Coming
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Microsoft announces tablet prices, Apple announces mysterious announcement, RIM announces developer farm, and more.
Guests: Peter Wells and Evan Brown
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Running time: 52:14
S&L Podcast – #112 – Interview with G. Willow Wilson!
Today we show you just why the audio podcast is different and more REAL than anything else you listen to. Then we calm down, sober up, time travel, and have a fascinating interview with G. Willow Wilson. Turns out, she is awesome. Find out why!
WHAT ARE WE DRINKING?
Veronica: 2009 Sassotondo Ciliegiolo Toscana
QUICK BURNS
2 New “Star Wars” Books on the Horizon by John Jackson Miller and James S.A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
INTERVIEW
ADDENDUMS
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Frame Rate 97: And… Science!
Hosts: Brian Brushwood and Tom Merritt
Skydiver Baumgartner sets YouTube record, FCC allows basic cable encryption, leaked Boxee TV, Spotify TV deal with Samsung, and more.
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Running time: 1:07:29
Tech News Today 607: The Dark Social Rises
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Xbox Music forces you into Win8, Japan’s Softbank buys Sprint, 8 million people watch spaceman fall, and more.
Guest: Myke Hurley
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Running time: 50:55
Tech News Today 606: Raise Your Plastic Resin Hand
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Windows 8 gets a price, Kindle Paperwhite is profitless, Apple steals from Samsung this time, and more.
Guest: Darren Kitchen
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Running time: 53:25
S&L Video – #14 – Author Guide for Gail Carriger!
Gail Carriger joins us in the space castle for tea time, a lesson in Victorian vampire name pronunciation, and what’s forthcoming from the ‘Parasol Protectorate’ universe!
Find Gail Carriger online!
GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2891665.Gail_Carriger
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gailcarrigerr
Website: http://gailcarriger.com/
Retro Fashion Blog: http://retrorack.blogspot.com/
Our Author Guide to Gail Carriger links:
Background on the Author:
http://www.steampunktribune.com/2010/10/oi9-interview-with-ms-gail-carriger.html
http://gailcarriger.com/images/home/gail.png
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles32879.jpg
http://new.oberlin.edu/
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/archaeology/index.aspx
http://anthro.ucsc.edu/graduate/anthropological-archaeology.html
‘The Parasol Protectorate’ series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulless_(novel)
http://www.orbitbooks.net/soulless/
http://www.nelsonagency.com/sales_bestsellers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeless_(novel)
http://www.orbitbooks.net/2010/04/07/changeless-becomes-a-new-york-times-best…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blameless_(novel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartless_(Carriger_novel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless_(novel)
Tech News Today 604: Did You Just Growl?
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
Microsoft’s updating Windows 8, moving Office to the ipad, getting twisty with Lenovo, and more.
Guest: Patrick Beja
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Running time: 53:54
Tech News Today 605: Sad Schmidt is Sad
Hosts: Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Iyaz Akhtar and Jason Howell
PC sales tank, Sprint gets a savior, iPad browser gets pushy, and more.
Guest: Ewen Rankin
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Running time: 55:14